SHS Athletic Hall Of Fame Inductee Matt Deary

will induct eight graduates and one coach into the Stonington High School Athletic Hall of Fame at a ceremony on . 

Over the next week Stonington-Mystic Patch will publish the biographies of each inductee that were compiled by the SHS Athletic Hall of Fame Committee.

Matt Deary, Class of 1989

Matt Deary excelled in soccer and baseball at Stonington High School.

A key member of the defense, he helped SHS win two Eastern Connecticut Conference soccer championships; the Bears were co-champions in 1987 and outright champions in 1988. In his senior year, in which he served as captain and earned All-ECC and All-State honors, the Bears were state finalists with a 19-1 record.

He also earned All-ECC and All-State honors in baseball as a senior, playing center field and leading the Bears with a .410 batting average.

He was a four-year starter in soccer at Eastern Connecticut State University, serving as captain in his junior year when ECSU were Little East Conference co-champions, and earned Honorable Mention All-Little East honors as a senior, when ECSU won the conference championship.